Nominated for the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel
A 2019 Locus Award finalist for Best Horror Novel
An NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour Pick
An io9 2018 Fall Preview Pick
A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist "A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller."--CNET
"The quintessential horror-metal novel for our times."--Los Angeles Review of Books
"Kickass, horrifying, and smart as hell. It certainly earns my two horns up."--Dread Central
"An addictive read for the metalhead and horror hound alike."--Bloody Disgusting
"Wild and fun, genuinely terrifying in places, and also somehow heartfelt."--Tor.com
"Hendrix's horror chops are nigh-unassailable at this point."--B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy blog
"A fast-paced ride, firmly rooted in the pulp horror tradition...Hendrix's darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore."--Booklist, starred review
"Hendrix is an indie horror legend, and We Sold Our Souls is one of his best."--Book Riot
"Enthralling and intense...The plot goes 0 to 100 real quick, and once it does, you won't want to put the book down."--Sean Curry, UC San Diego Bookstore bookseller, in the San Diego Union-Tribune
"If you see me in the wild and I'm reading a book that was written by Grady Hendrix, interrupt me at your own peril."--Sarah Gailey, Hugo-Award winning author of Magic for Liars
"Funny and intense."--Claire Margetts, The Salt Lake Tribune
"A consistently funny, smart and affecting love letter to horror and metal fandom."--Toronto Star
"A faithful power ballad to horror literature in all of its forms."--Paste
"Hendrix's pulpy love letter to heavy metal music is a gloriously over-the-top scare fest that has hidden depths. Readers will root for Kris all the way to the explosive, poignant finale."--Publishers Weekly
"Horror and humor play off each other in a delicate dance."--Nightmare Magazine
"We Sold Our Souls will have you cranking up your favourite metal album to 10 in no time at all."--HorrorTalk
"A clever twist on a time-honored plot."--The Day
More praise for Grady Hendrix:
"National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend's Exorcism."--The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friend's Exorcism
"Pure, demented delight."--The New York Times Book Review, on Paperbacks from Hell
"Horrorstoer delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror."--The Washington Post, on Horrorstoer
"Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friend's Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix's] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior."--The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend's Exorcism
"A true appreciation of the genre."--Los Angeles Times, on Paperbacks from Hell
"Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying."--Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friend's Exorcism
"An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale."--Bustle, on Horrorstoer
"Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving."--Fangoria, on My Best Friend's Exorcism